29 Aug 2023 13:24:52
Ed 001 did Klopp buy Nunes last summer because he was going to change tactics and have a central striker further forward or was Nunes just a Mane replacement?

I understand Nunes isn’t disciplined enough yet and his lack of English is also contributing to him not starting, but worried he will look for pastures new if he isn’t getting proper game time. He’s a mega player and gives it everything.

{Ed001's Note - he was bought to allow a change of tactics.}

1.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 14:27:55
Watching his post game interview, I was surprised at how bad his English seemed. I could be wrong and maybe he was just holding back so as not to say something out of sorts, but it appeared from the outside he hasn't really picked it up.

2.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 14:55:31
For those who have not learned a second language before (albeit in the space of a year), it is quite hard to understand when people speak fast. You don't achieve fluency with everything so fast and even for me as a fluent Spanish speaker (its my 2nd language), if you put me in a room of 5 Argentinians, I'll struggle to understand them with the speed.

3.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 14:57:38
Stuie_boy - Aguero never fully picked English up, either, and he was around for 10 years. Bale didn’t pick up Spanish in the 9 years he spent at Real Madrid. My own foreign language of choice took me 7 years to become fully fluent after starting at 18.
Nunez’s English won’t be the deciding factor in his success at Liverpool, not at all.

4.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 14:34:38
Ed001, can you elaborate more, was the new system with Trent inverting always the plan, as it looks to suit Nunez more with not needing to drop deeper, but again would conflict with the signing of Gakpo and his role as he looks to be signed to replace Bobby.

{Ed001's Note - I think Gakpo was also signed to provide options as he was at his best in wide areas in Holland, but can play most positions. The new system is not to help Nunez, nor does it as he would be better suited to crosses coming in from the full-backs. This is just Lijnders trying to be clever.}

5.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 14:35:05
Would you start him at the weekend now Ed after that cameo, his confidence must be up after Sundays game?

{Ed001's Note - yes. But I would have been starting him all season anyway.}

6.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 15:17:45
Spot on, Taurus01 and LoweLFC. As someone who has learned a second language while being in the country itself, it is almost impossible to understand when people talk fast even tho they know the topic of discussion at hand. An absolute nightmare.

All you are doing at that point, is trying to pick up key/ buzz words you understand in order to try and summarise what what is happening and how to respond, both in real time. Also cos you understand a language does not even mean you understand the terminologies being used when discussing a specific topic so if Darwin does not understand tactical jargon in English, he will still struggle a bit to understand what he is being asked to do.

The whole language stuff is overrated and frankly, irrelevant at the end of the day even tho, it is good for Darwin to keep learning English cos it helps to settle in the country psychologically, let a lone helpful to playing football. Just my take.

7.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 15:17:51
I agree, start Nunez over Gakpo whenever possible. Gakpo can still rotate with Nunez and Diaz. But he should never play midfield.

8.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 15:18:50
I was all for the new system whilst we didn’t have the midfielders to cover the ground and implement the press properly, however with Macca and Dom as our 8’s, I see no reason to carry on this experiment.

9.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 15:40:08
I agree with ed001. Nunez should be the first choice centre forward, he will score lots of goals for us.

I believe he would in the starting 11 for every other team in league apart from Man City.

10.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 16:00:48
I remember a Spanish lad who was in my class at uni had came over the summer before starting uni and I was amazed how well he spoke and understood the accent, particularly since scouse is supposedly hard to understand even for some Brits. His accent was brilliant though, it would be very Spanish accent mixed with the odd really scouse accented words. Obviously some people pick it up quicker than others, being a high profile footballer probably doesn't allow you to mix with the natives as much as the normal person though.

11.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 16:19:40
Oli don’t be too hard on yourself. Whilst your English does come across as you’re talking rubbish 95% of the time it’s great that you have tried learning it.

12.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 16:27:50
That’s right easy. We now have 2 number 8’s plus Baj who can all cover ground. We have 2 great full backs who are best going forward and a CF who is made to score goals. Press all over the pitch and get the full backs putting crosses in. No debate for me.

13.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 16:31:13
Guys remember Harry Kane and David Beckham were born in England ?.

14.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 16:53:24
Metro, so was Jaime Carragher, lol.

15.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 17:36:50
Jk23, brilliant ???.

16.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 17:42:59
There was a pre match video of Nunez, Gakpo and Szoboszlai. Unless Gakpo and Szob were speaking in Spanish, then Nunez must have been speaking English, probably not well enough for post match interviews though.

17.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 17:47:14
I am wondering how many interviews stuie_boy has given in another language on national tv?

18.) 29 Aug 2023
29 Aug 2023 18:26:56
Well thunderbird, as someone who isn't a professional football player paid many thousands a week or given a private language tutor, I'd say none. At no point did I say I expect him to be fluent, merely that in my opinion, he seems to know very little which, coming back to my pony, is surprising considering he hardly works full time hours and is also likely given a private tutor.
Though reading some of the replies, it seems Nunez isn't the only one who struggles to understand English.